Sure, i wish things had turned out differently for me in
vietnam. but i know things could have turned out worse,
too. so i just try to be for what i do have and do
my best to be independent. i can dress myself and even tie
a tie. no more playing guitar, though. if i close my eyes, i
can just about hear the music. just strumming my
heartstrings is what i'm doing, i suppose.
how could the author best resolve this situation to create a feeling of somber
regret?
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a. the narrator mentions a friend who did not live through the war.
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b. the narrator decides to sell his guitar and take up a new
instrument.
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c. the narrator describes the difficulty in cooking for himself.
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d. the narrator points out that he doesn't have to wear a tie too often.

The author could best resolve this situation to create a feeling of somber regret as the narrator mentions a friend who did not live through the war.

Explanation:

This excerpt shows how a person who has survived a war feels, and the first lines show that he is making reference to the ones who stayed behind as he says " I know things could have turned out worse," he mentions he is back home and he is able to have some level of independence while others, some of his friend are not even alive.

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.